Mental Health & Disability Equality in the Creative Industries Symposium ’23
Tickets for the Symposium are available on Eventbrite, start time 9:30am finish 6pm BST.
| 09:30 | Registration Tea and coffee on arrival | HU Foyer Atrium |
| 10:00 | Welcome and Introduction: Professor Katie Normington, Vice Chancellor DMU, with British Academy Innovation Fellow Professor Jason Lee, and Rayna Lountzis Evolution Film | HU 0.08 |
| 10:10–10:45 | Keynote address: David Proud, actor, writer, director and consultant | HU 0.08 |
| 10.45-11.00 | Break | atrium |
| 11:00-12:45 | Arts and Disability Panel Papers 15-20 max. Disability as a Visual Language – Juanrie Strydom (Solent University) Researching gender, popular music, and mental ill-health: the experience and representations of female popular musicians and bipolar disorder – Sarah Sharp (University of East Anglia) Advancing Neurodiversity in the Creative Industries: Fostering Inclusion and Leveraging the Unique Talents of Neurodivergent Individuals – Ahmed Alduais (University of Verona) Enhancing Health Discourse in The Creative Industry: A Study Of Media Representations Of Child Sexual Abuse In Nigerian Online Media Platforms – Lydia Onuegbu (De Montfort University) | HU 0.08 |
| 12:45-13:30 | Lunch | atrium |
| 13:30-15:15 | Television and Film Panel Papers 15-20 max. “Celebrate Us”: Disability Pride in the Australian Screen Industry – Dr Radha O’Meara, Anna Debinski (University of Melbourne) Liminal Disabled Tweens’ Identification with Disney Animations in Algeria – Selma Aitsaid (Leicester University) Observation vs Categorization – a case study of neurodivergence in film – Rhys Davies (De Montfort University) Let the mind see: The operation of cinemas for blind in China and blind people’s encounter with film – Yutian Ren (Hongkong Baptist University) | HU 0.08 |
| 15:15-16:15 | More Than Words: Access to the Arts and Employment through Audio Description A panel discussion featuring three guest speakers from The American Council of the Blind: Susan Glass, Dr. Tabitha Kenlon, and Dr. Joel Snyder. | HU 0.08 |
| 16:15-16:30 | Break | atrium |
| 16:30-17:30 | Evolving Pedagogy Workshop 1 is 40 mins. Neurodiversity Workshop – Eleanor McSherry (ACE at University College Cork) Paper is 15-20 mins. max AI – Boon or Bust? – Colin Dyter (social activist and researcher) | HU 0.08 |
| 17:30- 18:00 | Plenary+ questions, Terry Bamber (Assistant Director), partner in this British Academy research. | HU 0.08 |
Addressing Mental Health & Disability Equality in the Creative Industries
AMH23 forms part of a British Academy Innovation Fellowship project that examines inequality in the UK’s creative sector.
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